Fundamental neutrino measurements and dark matter searches at IceCube/DeepCore and SNOLAB

IceCube/DeepCore 和 SNOLAB 的基本中微子测量和暗物质搜索

• 批准号: 386372-2010
• 负责人: Grant, Darren
• 金额: $ 4.74万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=515324
• 关键词: Fundamental; neutrino; measurements; dark; matter

Neutrinos are some of the most abundant fundamental particles in the Universe. Despite this abundance, the underlying nature of the neutrino makes it extremely elusive. Even with many trillions passing through the human body every second one may never interact with a person in their lifetime. This has made the neutrino very difficult to study but also makes it an ideal messenger from astrophysical sources carrying the original information of its production to the Earth without being deflected or absorbed.

中微子是宇宙中最丰富的基本粒子之一。尽管如此丰富，中微子的潜在性质使其非常难以捉摸。 即使每秒钟有数万亿次通过人体，一个人一生中也可能永远不会与一个人接触。 这使得中微子很难研究，但也使它成为一个理想的信使，从天体物理学来源携带其生产的原始信息到地球，而不会被偏转或吸收。